St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-25
THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS.
u esterday's Pulpit Opinions Crys-
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Rev. G. F. Thwing, Plymouth Church
Modern life has given an undeserved
prominence TO the individual. Men
have forgotten that they are members
of family; that into family they are
born; that as members of family they
live, and that associations the strongest
and influences the most essential are
from the family. So long as Rome kept
the home life pure. so long were the
eagles borne in triumph from Britannia
to the EuXine. 1t was the German home
quite as much as the German arms that
conquered at Sedan.
Rev. w. ii. Mckee, First Methodist
We assemble to-day to bless the AL
mighty for the material prosperity of
the year. But we mistake if we think
material prosperity makes great ma
ton. There is nothing in it TO form
character, TO lead to a spiritual and loft
ier life. a man may be CrGSuS. and
yet be brute. Neither is universal ed
ucatiOn a panacea for every national i'll.
1t will never make an enduring state.
There are three things that would EN-
phasiZe-religiOn, personal purity and
unSelfishneSS of heart. And the relig-
ion should be in the family worship.
Revivals are well enough, but religion
is Letter when it comes as the dawning
of the day, rather than the breaking of
the sun from behind a cloud.
Rev. w. j. LhamOn, at Central Bap-
tist-Let Americans be wise enough to
consecrate their Unreasonable resources
to beneficent uses. Over against the
Bible, school house and ballot box there
stand irreligiOn, materialiSm and the
saloon, for which we must hold the
devil responsible. Personally try not
to be devil wOrShiper, but when Uncle
Sam permits, abetS and protects the Sa-
loon and then eXhOrtS me to give thanks
for it, am compelled 10 turn TO his sa-
tanic majesty with my Inscriptions of
praise. In addition to such praise, /
should like to dump over 100000 and
more saloons into his eternal regions.
Recent elections indicate that dumping
or something like is not among the re-
hottest possibilities to our nation.
Rev. II. NJ. Simmons at Church of the
Redeemer-GOOd farm land stretches
northward 1000 miles into the wilds of
British America, which we once thought
worthless, and southwark through
South America. So in the old world.
Agriculture is almost unbegun in great
Africa and capable of vast Improvement
in old Asia. Even crowded India is
still full of jungles that are waiting to
become gardens. where three crops
year shall take the place of tigers.
Marshes the world over are ready to be-
come rich meadows. Even the deserts
become gardens with irrigation, and
often the water waits close by to come
and irrigate them, and often lies be-
meath. begging to come up and only
waiting the invitation of all artesian
well to come in cOpiOus streams and
make the wilderness blossom. Even
cold countries prove blessed, and in
some respects more so than warm ones.
Brazil may yield better bananas. but
bleak New Hampshire yields better
brains. Mississippi may make cheaper
cotton for clothes, but Minnesota makes
better men to put in them. Oranges
may thrive better in Florida. but man is
a fruit that ripens better in Iceland.
Rev. L. A. McCurdy, president of
Manchester, atlBlo6ningtOD Avenue-If
the race of idlerS who lounge in the
gilded seats of office, and who sheer at
labor, were driven to work, the world
would be the gamer. Politics is the inn
age of American idOiatry. 1t is an het-
erOgeneouS mass of AnglO-American
idiosyncracies which must be touched
with long pole. Our national advant-
ages are a reason for thankfulness. Ire
lands heart is to-day crying for relief
from despotism. On the educational
question the doctor feared the encroach-
ment of the Catholics on the public
schools and saw dark cloud on the
horizon in the removal of the Bible from
the public schools.
Rev. f. r. Millspaugh, st. Paul's
Episcopal-We should thank God for
the development of the industries that
have advanced Christianity. Though
some play houses and other secular en-
tertainments deSecrate the sacred day,
yet there is ample room for thanks
when we compare the present with the
past. Among other things let US thank
God for our city, beautiful by nature
and by mans art. Let us remember
how much our temporal prosperity is
due to the dominion of the Prince of
Peace and King of Kings.